___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Brief Substance Craving Scale (Bulgarian Version) ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Script Author: Katja Borchert, Ph.D. (katjab@millisecond.com) for Millisecond Software, LLC Date: 02-27-2018 last updated: 02-17-2022 by K. Borchert (katjab@millisecond.com) for Millisecond Software, LLC Script Copyright © 02-17-2022 Millisecond Software ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ BACKGROUND INFO ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ This script implements a computerized version of the Brief Substance Craving Scale (BSCS). Reference: Somoza, E., Dyrenforth, S., Goldsmith, J., Mezinskis, J., & Cohen, M., 1995. In search of a universal drug craving scale. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association, Miami Florida. http://adai.washington.edu/instruments/pdf/Brief_Substance_Craving_Scale_50.pdf Bulgarian scale translated and used in research by: Dr. Jasmin Vassileva ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ OVERVIEW ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4 self-report questions regarding 2 potentially craved drugs (intensity, frequency, length and number of times for cravings) ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ DURATION ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ the default set-up of the script takes less than a minute to complete ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ DATA FILE INFORMATION ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ The default data stored in the data files are: (1) Raw data file: 'bscs.iqdat' date, time: date and time script was run with the current group/subjectnumber subject, group, session: with the current subject/groupnumber/session id build: the Inquisit build q*_response: response given (in assigned values) Scale: differs btw. questions q*_latency: how much time (in ms) the participant spent on the surveypage with this particular question (the last time this particular surveypage was visited) (2) Summary data file: 'bscs_bulgarian_summary.iqdat' (Inquisit Lab: one data file per participant) inquisit.version: Inquisit version run computer.platform: the platform the script was run on (win/mac/ios/android) startDate: date script was run startTime: time script was started subjectid: assigned subject id number groupid: assigned group id number sessionid: assigned session id number elapsedTime: time it took to run script (in ms); measured from onset to offset of script completed: 0 = script was not completed (prematurely aborted); 1 = script was completed (all conditions run) primarySubstance: None = 0 Downers or Sedatives (Barbiturates, etc.) = 1 Benzos (Valium, Xanax, etc.) = 2 Hallucinogens (including ecstasy) = 3 Alcohol=4 Heroin or other Opiates (Morphine, etc.) =5 Marijuana =6 Stimulants (cocaine, amphetamine) =7 Other (specify): = 8 (other response is stored in raw data file only) q1_intensity_1: None at all= 0 Slight= 1 Moderate = 2 Considerable = 3 Extreme =4 q2_frequency_1: Never = 0 Almost never =1 Several times =2 Regularly =3 Almost constantly =4 q3_length_1: None at all =0 Very short =1 Short =2 Somewhat long =3 Very long =4 q4_number_1: textbox response same for second substance: secondarySubstance, q5_intensity_2, q6_frequency_2, q7_length_2, q8_number_2 (textbox response) ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ QUESTIONNAIRE SET-UP ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ intensity, frequency, length and number of times for cravings for 2 potential substances